Hi, I'm a mechatronic student trying to build a circuit that reads an ac source and counts transient events over a specified time period. I would also like to output a 1 if the events detected within this time reaches a set number.
My thoughts so far are to use a pic and program it to measure voltage/ rate of change over time using a pt as i want to be able to detect a surge at any point in the sine wave. But researching this is getting me more and more confused as there seems to be so many alternative ideas and viewpoints. So i finally decided to post to a forum.
Is this idea as easy as it sounds? Is this the most effective way to solve my issue? Or is there a better way?
Any hints/ assistance would be greatly appreciated.
My thoughts so far are to use a pic and program it to measure voltage/ rate of change over time using a pt as i want to be able to detect a surge at any point in the sine wave. But researching this is getting me more and more confused as there seems to be so many alternative ideas and viewpoints. So i finally decided to post to a forum.
Is this idea as easy as it sounds? Is this the most effective way to solve my issue? Or is there a better way?
Any hints/ assistance would be greatly appreciated.